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On Benghazi, Obama vs. Republicans again
This post has been updated as indicated below.Maybe because President Obama said so many other things in his speech Thursday -- about drones, Guantanamo and a “new phase” in the war against terrorism -- a reference to Benghazi didn’t attract much attention. But, at the risk of over-...Tags: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Republican Party, Terrorism, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Federal outreach to Muslim American communities is a pillar of Obama counterterrorism strategy
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Within hours of the Boston Marathon blasts, government officials and Boston Muslims called each other to offer assistance, calls that were the fruits of years of cultivating such relationships in an effort to ultimately prevent the...Tags: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Laws, Justice System, Police Investigations, Separation of Church and State
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Obama: Americans must do more than just remember nation's fallen heroes on Memorial Day
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says the nation must do more than just remember its fallen heroes on Memorial Day. In his weekly radio and Internet address, Obama says the country must care for the loved ones the fallen leave behind. He...Tags: Washington, DC, Memorial Day
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Drone program had largely run its course
WASHINGTON — President Obama took pains to place the new restrictions on targeted killings he announced Thursday into the context of a broad reappraisal of the nation's anti-terrorism effort. Drones are not "a cure-all for terrorism," he said in...Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Stanley A. McChrystal, Intel Corp., Justice System, United Nations
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Another teen suicide after alleged assault leaves California town asking tough questions
AP National WriterSARATOGA, Calif. (AP) — One evening last Labor Day weekend, 15-year-old Audrie Pott walked up the driveway of a classmate's home alongside other teenagers. She'd told her parents she was spending the night with a friend. The friend claimed she was...Tags: Book, Depression, Suicide, Assault, Justice System
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Obama awards medals to girls killed in '63 church bombing
Reuters(Reuters) - President Barack Obama signed a bill into law on Friday granting the United States' highest civilian honor to four black girls killed in a civil rights-era church bombing that shocked the nation in 1963. Congress awarded the Congressional...Tags: Human Interest, Awards and Prizes, Racism, Politics, Civil Rights
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Obama awards top U.S. honor to girls killed in 1963 racial bombing
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama awarded the highest U.S. civilian honor on Friday to four black girls killed in a civil rights-era church bombing 50 years ago, saying their tragic deaths ultimately "helped to trigger triumph." In a...Tags: Civil Rights, Justice and Rights, Martin Luther King Jr., Human Interest, Ku Klux Klan
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Sexual assault is a 'scourge' on U.S. military: Hagel
Reuters(Reuters) - Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel called sexual assault a "scourge" on Saturday as he addressed graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, where a sergeant stands accused of videotaping female cadets in the showers. "Sexual...Tags: West Point, Wars and Interventions, U.S. Department of Defense, Assault, Sexual Misconduct
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LETTER: Know The Enemy
Regarding President Obama's speech Thursday [May 24, news, "Obama Curbs Drone Strategy"]: We've seen this before -- a president not giving terrorism its rightful definition. While Bill Clinton was president, we had the World Trade Center bombing (1993),...Tags: Terrorism, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Saudi Arabia, Bill Clinton
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LETTER: Perpetual War Not Answer To Terrorism
President Obama's speech Thursday was one of the greatest and most logical cases made against justifying war as a solution to terrorism [May 24, news, "Obama Curbs Drone Strategy"]. His speech made the clearest distinction between terrorist...Tags: Terrorism, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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LETTER: What's Race Got To Do With It?
Frank Harris III has done it again [May 23, column, "Obama Accountable for Troubling Questions"]. Somehow and for some reason, Mr. Harris turns almost every op-ed piece into a racial issue. This time he speaks about the current issues regarding... -
Obama recasts threat from enemy fighters to path away from 'perpetual war', critics doubtful
AP National Security WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — Some call it wishful thinking, but President Barack Obama has all but declared an end to the global war on terror. Obama is not claiming final victory over extremists who still seek to kill Americans and other Westerners. Instead,...Tags: Libya, Wars and Interventions, Republican Party, U.S. Department of Defense, Armed Forces
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